Clay Shooting

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You can tell that clay shooting is a vibrant sport by the huge number of products that are available, whether that’s guns, clothing, hearing and eye protection... or cartridges! Having more choice is good; there’s plenty of opportunity to find what suits you best, and it keeps prices competitive. Until recently, the choice of cartridge shot loads was simple: 28 grams for domestic competitions, 24g for ISSF disciplines and 21g as an economical option for training and low recoil requirements. Then along came the move to slightly lighter than 28g loads.

Hull Superfast led the way, with a brisk 27g shot load which has proved very popular. Others followed the trend, with Cheddite’s 27g Rapeed cartridge and Gamebore’s 26g Hyper Velocity. With each of these new sub-28g loads, it’s high velocity that is given such prominence that it is referred to within the cartridge’s name.

Fiocchi too have a new lighter load, and this

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